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DA lays trail of evidence across floor to murder suspect

A prosecutor laid a trail of evidence bags, crime scene photos and DNA-stained clothes across a Pittsburgh courtroom floor from the jury box to the table where a Pittsburgh man sat accused of killing his neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker.

A prosecutor laid a trail of evidence bags, crime scene photos and DNA-stained clothes across a Pittsburgh courtroom floor from the jury box to the table where a Pittsburgh man sat accused of killing his neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker.

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Updated: 5:22 PM EDT May 18, 2016

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WEBVTT OUR BOB HAZEN IS LIVE THE A THE COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN. BOB. REPORTER: THE JURY JUST LEFT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO, THEY WILL START DELIBERATING IN THE MORNING. THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CLAIM THAT INVESTIGATORS IGNORED CERTAIN EVIDENCE, WERE DETERMINED TO PIN THESE MURDER ON ALAN WADE, BUT PROSECUTORS SAY ALL OF THE ROADS LED RIGHT BACK TO ALAN WADE. IN THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENT ALAN WADE'S DEFENSE TOLD JURORS INVESTIGATORS MADE THE MURDERS OF SARAH AND SUSAN WOLF A PRIORITY, BECAUSE "THESE ARE WHITE WOMEN WHO WERE FOUND IN THE HOUSE FROM A VERY NICE FAMILY" HIS ATTORNEY CLAIMING POLICE IGNORED MORE LIKELY SUSPECTS, SARAH'S BOYFRIEND. SURPRISINGLY SHE DID CONCEDE THAWS ALLEN WADE SEEN IN THIS SENECO VIDEO SOON AFTER HER CAR WAS ABANDONED AND THESE WERE HIS SWEATPANTS LEFT BEHIND NEAR THE CAR, BUT THEY SUGGESTED ALAN WADE DIDN'T PUT THE PANTS THERE. ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS WHATEVER THEORIES THE DEFENSE COMES UP WITH HELP "CAN'T SCRUB AWAY THE DNA FROM UNDER SUSAN WOLF'S FINGERNAILS" DNA THAT AUTHORITIES SAY LIKELY CAME FROM WADE. HE LINED UP EVIDENCE ACROSS THE ROOM LITERALLY FORMING A PATH RIGHT TO WADE, THE MOTIVE FOR THE MURDERS HE SAID, ROBBERY. HE KNEW HE WAS LIVING NEXT TO A PERSONAL ATM. WADE STEALING THE SISTERS' BANK CARDS, BEATING SUSAN UNTIL HE GOT THEIR PIN NUMBER WRITTEN ON THIS BUSINESS CARD, THEN USING IT TO WITHDRAW $600 AND RETURNING TO THEIR HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO HIS OWN CLOSE TO 3:00AM TO SCRUB THE EVIDENCE WITH BLEACH. WADE IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF HOMICIDE ALONG WITH ONE CHARGE FOR BURGLARY, AND IF FOUND GUILTY HE COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY.

DA lays trail of evidence across floor to murder suspect

A prosecutor laid a trail of evidence bags, crime scene photos and DNA-stained clothes across a Pittsburgh courtroom floor from the jury box to the table where a Pittsburgh man sat accused of killing his neighbors, two sisters of an Iowa state lawmaker.